| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| ·The Importance of the Research on CA (Chinese American) Literature | 第9页 |
| ·A Brief Account of The Joy Luck Club and Its Mother Images | 第9-10页 |
| ·Reviews of Mother Images in The Joy Luck Club | 第10-14页 |
| ·The Research Abroad | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Research in China | 第12-14页 |
| ·Approach and Structure of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Framework | 第16-23页 |
| ·Definition of the Rhetoric of Novel | 第16-17页 |
| ·Narrative as Rhetoric | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Rhetoric and Its Development | 第17-18页 |
| ·Background of Narrative as Rhetoric | 第18-19页 |
| ·Main Techniques of Narrative as Rhetoric | 第19-21页 |
| ·Rhetoric and Characters | 第21页 |
| ·Summary | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Three Macro-Rhetorical Techniques and Mother Images | 第23-32页 |
| ·The Separate Fragments of Time—Mother Image of Wandering and Dissociation | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Conversion of Internal Viewpoint—Mother Image as a Carrier of Chinese Traditional Culture | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Control on Variable Narrative Distance—Mother Image of Ambivalence | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Communal Narrative Voice—Mother Image of Resistance | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Four Micro-Rhetorical Techniques and Mother Images | 第32-49页 |
| ·Symbol | 第32-40页 |
| ·Scar, Red Candle, Chang’e—Mother Image of Miserable Past | 第32-35页 |
| ·The East and Wind—Mother Image of China Complex | 第35-37页 |
| ·The Clothes—Mother Image of Embarrassing Situation | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Joy Luck Club—Mother Image of Indomitable Spirit | 第38-40页 |
| ·Metaphor | 第40-49页 |
| ·Turtle —Mother Image of Weakness and Tenderness | 第41-43页 |
| ·Swan and Rabbit——Mother Image of Struggle and Smartness | 第43-44页 |
| ·Horse—Mother Image of Diligence and Perseverance | 第44-46页 |
| ·Tiger—Mother Image of Courage and Cautiousness | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-55页 |
| Publications During the Postgraduate Program | 第55页 |
